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Be it known that I, JOHN R. WEBER, in the county of Marshall, and Stat'cof indiana, have invented a new and improvediCornsPlanter; and I dohereby declare that tho following is a full and exact description of thesame, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and lto theletters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 represents a right-hand view of my invention.

Figure 2, a left-hand view.

Figure 3, a. top view, with the seed-dropping arrangement removed, and

Figure 4 a 'front 'view'.

This invention consists` of a novel arrangement for effecting thedropping of 'grains of corn into the rows also for raising and loweringthe ploughs, and for various other purposes, as willlhetrci'nafter morefully appear.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation. u '1 A represents the frameworkrof the machine, supported on the wheels a a and the casterswheel b. The

framework A is made in twoparts, one part bearing one set of ploughs andone wheel, a, and the other part lbearingtlre other set and the otherwheel, a, and both parts being connected by transverse rods, c, providedwith screw-threads and nuts, by means of which they can be made toapproach 6r recede from each other, andthe Adistance. between the tworows made to vary .from three and a halt` to four feet at pleasure.IProjecting vertically upward from the outer rails of the vframe A arestandards, d d, the upper ends of which contain sockets for thereception of the ends offthe transverse shaft e. Attached to the innersides of the standards d are elastic metallic strips, h h, which sustainthe tubes z z, which surround the dropping-cylinders k 7c, fastened nearthe ends of the transverse lshaft e. The tubes z' support thehopper-shaped receivers 7c lc. The dropping cylinders are each providedwith four radial holes for the reception of the seed. Each hole, in itsturn, passes under the orifice of the receiver lr, and'receives Vtheproper number of grains therefrom. At theend of a half revolution ofthe'cylinder, the hole becomes' inverted directly over the mouth of thetube l, and the grains fall out intoA said tube, through which they fallinto the furrow.- The number of grains each hole reccives'is regulatedby a disk in each, attached to one of the springs, m, on the shaft e.'To one end of this shaft is rigidly 4sec 'i1rd a block, n, from each4corner of which projects a pin, of hook, r, Vwhich engages with thepins o in succession, is pivoted to the sliding bar s, which plays backand forth along the' side of the machine, through the medium of theslots t t and pins in` the standards u u, which pass through the slots.The motion of the bar s is communicated, by means of the hook' r andpins o, to the blockn, shaft e, and dropping-cylinder k. The hook rs'provided with a spear-head, that it may easily slip Vpast the pins oon its return throw. A T-shaped bar, u, attached to a horizontal rodthat receives a reciprocating 'motion parallel to the bans, is held incontact with the block n by a spiral spring, and operates to bring theblock around, so that its sides shall be vertical, and sothat the hook rshall always come in contact with one of the pinsq. i

.The motion of the sliding bar s is derived from the rotation ofthetransverse shaft v, provided with acrankf w, which husa friction-rollerthat, during the revolution of the crank, comes in contact Vwith the armat, prof. jecting downward from the bar s. The arm :u is pivoted to thebar s, and is provided with the arm al, projecting from it at rightangles, against which bears the spring b. This spring issuilicientlystrong to sustain the pressure brought by the striking ofthe crank w against the arm as long enough to insure thesliding back ofthe bar sito a due degree. On the opposite side ofthe arm a fronp thespring b is a pin, c', against which the arm a brings up whenever thecrankw revolves in the opposite direction, and stops its revolutionwith' that of the shaft r. A spiral spring, d', attached to the end ofthe bar s opposite that where the hook ris attached,'insures the returnthrow of the bar s after the passage of the crank. The motion of theshaft v is obtained from the pinion e on the opposite ,end from thecrank w, said pinion gearing with the toothed wheel h rigidly attachedto and concentric with the axle of the wheel a. B represents a. smallerframe, pivoted to the transverse shaft, k', on the front partof themachine, said shaft being supported by standards, Z, above the mainframeA. Two

- elbow-levers, ,m m', the fulcra of which are o'u the transverse shaftk, are attached, at their upper ends, tothe rear part of the frame B,and are jointed, at their lower ends, to the ends of rods n n', whichare pivoted, at theiroppcsite ends, to arms o o', projecting from theshort transverse shafts r z", one4 on each side of the machine. Similarrods, s s', connect the arms o' o with the arms t t, on the similarshort transverse shafts u u', in rear ofthe shafts r' r.' The lattersustain the furrowin'g-ploughs o o', of which there are two, one on eachshaft; and the shaftsu/ u sustain the covering-ploughs w w', of whichthere are four, two on each shaft. This machine thus furrows and coverstwo roWsat a time. The ploughs are suitably braced by rods fr.

Y It will be seen that, by depressing the rear end of the frametwhichmay be done by the foot ofthe driver) through the mechanism of theelbow-levers m m', the connecting-rodada n and s s', the arms o o and tt, and the shafts r 1" and uu, the ploughs may be elevated; and, byelevating the same, the ploughs may be depressed within certain limits.'The shafts r r. and u u are'attached, by meansof scrcwsnt, to the frameA; and their distance from the groundv may be regulated in this way.- arepresents a lever, pivoted, at In, on the side of the machine, andattached, at its rear end, to the shaft c, which latter is keptordinarily in place by the springr c". By depressing the forward 'end ofthe lever a, the pinion e is raised ont of gear with the toothed wheelh. Y This being done, the seed-dropping apparatus ceases to operate, andthe machine may be drawn from place to place Without wear of saidapparatus. The foot-board c is also pivoted to the transverse shaft 7c.Its rear side rests up'on the lever d, the forward part of which isbifurcated, as seen at m" m'.

' Vertical rods, e e, connect the forks d with the ends of thecross-piece, h, just below the front part of the frame. In thiscross-piece is a groove, 72', at the centre for the tongue Z., which isattached to the frame of the caster-wheel By depressing the rear side ofthe foot-board' c, through the mechanism of the bifurcated lever d m andthe connecting-rods e, the cross-piece h may be disconnected from thetongue, which may then -be turned to the right or left to any extentdesired, and the machine turned within avery small space.

The ends of the forks d, and of all the cross-braces, n, of the machine,are provided with slots, in order not to interfere with the adjustmentof the side frames at greater or less distances fro'm'lcachotller, asmay bedesired. Y.

Having thusfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The springs, m, on the shaft e, in combination with thedropping-cylinders c, as and for the purpose described. v

2. The combination of the foot-board c, forked lever 0l m,connecting-rods le, and crossfpiecc it, arranged and operating asexplained. A

3. The. combination of the frame B, elbow-levers m', connecting-rods ns', arms o" t', and shafts r u', as

and for the purpose set forth. l 1

4. The combination of the transverse shaft v, sliding bar s, hook r,pins o, block and dropping-cylinders k, substantially as described. I

5. The combination of the crank w, arm x a, spring b, and sliding bar a,arranged and operating as set forth. p

6. The combination of the lever a, shaft v, pinion c', and spring e,when used independently, or in connect-ion with the frame B,substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOI-IN B. WEBER.-

Witnesses GALEB DAVIS, ELIAS DEVERY.

